Hurricane Nadine was the fourth-longest-lived Atlantic hurricane on
record. The fourteenth tropical cyclone and named storm of the 2012
Atlantic hurricane season, it developed from a tropical wave west of
Cape Verde on September 10. By the following day, it had strengthened
into a tropical storm. Well away from any landmass, Nadine reached
hurricane status on September 15. Two days later, the storm began
moving northeastward toward the Azores, producing tropical-storm-force
winds on a few islands, but on September 19 it veered east-
southeastward before reaching them. On September 21 Nadine transitioned
into a non-tropical low pressure area. Its remnants regenerated into a
tropical cyclone on September 24 and became a hurricane again on
September 28. After transitioning into an extratropical cyclone, the
remnants of Nadine passed through the Azores on October 4 and again
brought strong winds to the islands.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Nadine>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1914:
World War I: Belgian forces were victorious in Halen but were
ultimately unable to stop the German invasion of their kingdom.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Halen>
1945:
An official administrative history (cover pictured) of the
Manhattan Project, written by American physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth, was
released just days after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smyth_Report>
1981:
The IBM Personal Computer, the original version and progenitor
of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform, was introduced.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sericulture:
(agriculture) The rearing of silkworms for the production of silk.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sericulture>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing
my mistakes is a source of pride. Once we realize that imperfect
understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong,
only in failing to correct our mistakes.
--George Soros
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Soros>
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